Ricky Hatton with his trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA
Ricky Hatton was rightly pleased with an improved performance in beating Paulie Malignaggi and restoring much of his reputation.
But it’s way too early to get carried away. Victory at the MGM Grand Arena this morning over an opponent whose tricks evaporated under sustained pressure keeps [...]

Sir Allen Stanford: the man behind the eponymous Super Series. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/PA
I have to say that the Stanford $20m match a week today concerns me greatly. Will this Twenty20 game between the Stanford Superstars and England do cricket any good or is it just a way of bolstering the egos of a few administrators? [...]

Introducing Liverpool’s new manager. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images
You know it’s a slow news day on guardian.co.uk’s official story generator, Sky Sports News, when Alex Quinn’s Tip Of The Day is third on the running order, sandwiched between an exclusive preview of this weekend’s fanzone and a Mike Wedderburn joke about the Francis Bacon retrospective at [...]